Here's how the massive blizzard affected travel this weekend

A motorist shovels snow to free up a vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike during a snowstorm on Saturday. AP Photo/Julio Cortez The US Northeast continues to dig out from the monumental amount of snow that fell this past weekend.

Given the ferocity of the blizzard, it's remarkable that the entire transportation grid of the US East Coast isn't shut down. But on Monday, much of the region was getting back to normal.

However, on Saturday and Sunday the snowfall created plenty of problems. Here's a run-through of what happened.

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At a NOAA press conference, it was made clear that this would be a massive storm.

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Almost immediately, airlines canceled thousands of flights.

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And states as for down as South Carolina found themselves preparing for the blizzard.

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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters that the storm would be unprecedented.

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Cars in the Big Apple were ordered off the roads after mid-afternoon Saturday as the snow began.

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The only vehicles around were plows, police cruisers, and emergency services.

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This made for a strange sight: empty roads.

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New Yorkers took the rare opportunity to play in the middle of avenues ...

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... and walk along car-less streets.

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Some found other ways of getting around ...

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... including the subjects of this viral video, who uploaded footage of themselves being towed around Times Square.